A representative of the Texas Attorney General’s office was to be in Rockdale for a hearing on what police termed a “high crime” area around Bell’s Place tavern.

County commissioners okayed an additional $30,313 as the county’s share of cost overruns for a TxDOT project to widen and upgrade US 79 between Rockdale and Thorndale.

Anthony Quinn Cook was executed in Huntsville for the 1988 murder of a kidnapped University of Texas law school student who was killed three years earlier near Buckholts in what investigators termed an “execution style” slaying.

Ricky Ray’s Rockdale Tigers were playoff bound after thrashing Caldwell 35-7 in the final regular season game.

TEN YEARS AGO....

New fees, including a $100 fee charged a home owner to install a hot water heater in his own home, were the topic of discussion for the city council.

A 100-mile-per hour chase from Thorndale to Rockdale ended without injuries but several charges were filed on the driver.

Milam County commissioners, acting on the advice of an advisory panel, voted to pursue construction of a new county jail.

Casey Creghan’s Tigers blanked Troy 20-0 to take second in District 18AAA and head to a bi-district playoff.